Robby Treadwell
3/13/13
45-62
Period 4
Summary: Eliezer and his dad are moved to a new block called Buna with two brothers and a violinist. There is a search out for gold crowns on teeth and when Eliezer doesn't get his pulled his dad is beat. A man is hung in front of everyone for attempting to steal food.
Quotation: "For more than half an hour he stayed there, struggling between life and death, dying in slow agony under our eyes. And we had to look him full in the face. He was still alive when I passed in front of him. His tongue was still red, his eyes were not yet glazed."
Quotation Significance: This is a very sad quote to read. They are all watching the poor kid hang in front of everyone. This truly shows that the Nazis could care less about torture and inflicting pain or death.
Reflection: This set of pages wasn't as hard to read as the last one. It was sad to read about how Eliezer's dad tried to stand up for him but he was then beat for doing that. The part that was confusing for me was when it talked about how Idek was seen having sex with someone as punishment, and then Idek whips Eliezer to the point that he passes out. I was also confused why the man wanted the gold teeth. I inferred that he probably wanted them because he could sell the gold for money. The most sad part was to read about the poor child being hung in front of everyone.
Discussion Question: Why does the author skip forward in time during the middle of a section and then come back to the present?
60/60
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting how people blame God for horrible things in life like this, but then they don't thank God for good things. I think Eliezer was realizing that God was present in the people and was suffering along with them, but he was still angry at God. I've read this book many times, now, but it always feels so real and raw. I don't know what I'd do in the same situation Elie was in. I've read accounts of people who became bitter and filled with hate as well as though who learned how to forgive even their horrible persecutors.